What is wrong with this picture?
Time for another — this time very short — educational quiz post. Look at the following diagram. Is this OK?
Gerben Wierda
ArchiMate 3.0 metamodel PDF
I’ve created a PDF that you can print two sided (and laminate if you like) to have easy access to the ArchiMate 3 metamodel.On the front it contains the Core meta-model. It is depicted in the Mastering ArchiMate colour scheme (this … Continue reading →
An AchiMate 3 Map (Layers? What Layers! — 1)
ArchiMate 3 is setup with 5-6 layers (Strategy, Business, Application, Technology/Physical, Implementation) and 4 aspects: (Passive and Active) Structure, Behaviour and Motivation. Quoting the standard: This looks daunting until you realise that not everything that is called a ‘layer’ is … Continue reading →
Follow-up to “Is ArchiMate Open?”
A (concluding) piece about the licensing issues surrounding ArchiMate has been published over on Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture. Published there, because it is not so much about ArchiMate modelling or the language, but about legal issues and … Continue reading →
ArchiMate 3: What do the license changes mean?
With the release of ArchiMate 3, The Open Group has changed the text of the license as well as their explanation. What has changed, and what does it mean? (Note, as this is not about modelling with ArchiMate but about … Continue reading →
ArchiMate 3.0: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
On June 14, the 3.0 version of the ArchiMate standard was unveiled during the Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2016. Time for a review. I’ve divided it up in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, with The Good standing for changes … Continue reading →
Process Modelling in ArchiMate in BiZZdesign Architect
A short while ago I wrote about using ArchiMate to model processes instead of the (agreed, vastly superiour) BPMN language. What I did was change the visuals on ArchiMate elements to support this and I also did a few things … Continue reading →
Vertical Integration versus (horizontal) standardisation
Over on Enterprise Architecture Professional Journal I’ve just posted a column about ‘vertical integration’, where it comes from, how it drives certain developments (e.g. it is one of the drivers for the cloud) and how it is in conflict with … Continue reading →
Vertical Integration versus (horizontal) standardisation
A while ago, a company I know got an offer…
Is ArchiMate® and Open Standard? Not really.
A short post, because it is only here to point you to the real story over on enterprisechess.com. The reason it’s been published there is that it is not so much about the language itself and how to model in … Continue reading →
Is ArchiMate® an Open Standard? Not really.
ArchiMate is not an open standard by most definitions as it is neither royalty-free nor maintained by a not-for-profit organisation. TOG is a commercial enterprise whose (shaky) approach to the legalities is meant to create a monopoly. Continue reading →
Twenty years ago: deconstructing hype
Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant launched a site to commemorate their initial steps on the internet, 20 years ago, on May 6, 1996. All in good fun, e.g. de site looks like a Windows 95 desktop. On it, they put … Continue reading →